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Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:47:32 +0000en-UShourly1WHERE TO EAT CHINESE FOOD IN MONTREAL ON CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S DAYhttp://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/where-to-eat-chinese-food-in-montreal-on-christmas-and-new-years-day/
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/where-to-eat-chinese-food-in-montreal-on-christmas-and-new-years-day/#respondThu, 18 Dec 2014 02:39:32 +0000http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/?p=8148If you don’t have plans for Christmas dinner or need some post-NYE food therapy, here are some Chinese spots that are open if you’re too lazy to plan something, don’t celebrate, are having trouble finding something that’s open, or, quite wisely, just love you some Chinese food… Make your way to Chinatown and hit up Mon Nan on Rue de la Gauchetière. They do an awesome traditional three-course roasted Peking duck. Starting with a soup made with the duck bones, it’s aromatic and warm. With pillows of tofu and silky strands of noodles, this dish is preceded with a duck meat stir-fry with bean sprouts and scallions. This ritualistic “dish” is concluded with a plate of teeth-shattering roasted duck skin, served with piping hot and freshly made Chinese pancakes, a side of pickled carrots and daikon, and shredded scallions and cucumber. This is wrapped up and eaten with like a taco with a schmear of hoisin… a “Chaco”. Open on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Looking for a hot bowl of something to warm your bones and sooth the soul? Head up to Restaurant Phouc Ky in Villeray for their specialty Phouc Ky noodle. A mix of yellow wheat udon... / Read More →

]]>If you don’t have plans for Christmas dinner or need some post-NYE food therapy, here are some Chinese spots that are open if you’re too lazy to plan something, don’t celebrate, are having trouble finding something that’s open, or, quite wisely, just love you some Chinese food…

Make your way to Chinatown and hit up Mon Nan on Rue de la Gauchetière. They do an awesome traditional three-course roasted Peking duck. Starting with a soup made with the duck bones, it’s aromatic and warm. With pillows of tofu and silky strands of noodles, this dish is preceded with a duck meat stir-fry with bean sprouts and scallions.

This ritualistic “dish” is concluded with a plate of teeth-shattering roasted duck skin, served with piping hot and freshly made Chinese pancakes, a side of pickled carrots and daikon, and shredded scallions and cucumber. This is wrapped up and eaten with like a taco with a schmear of hoisin… a “Chaco”. Open on Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Looking for a hot bowl of something to warm your bones and sooth the soul? Head up to Restaurant Phouc Ky in Villeray for their specialty Phouc Ky noodle. A mix of yellow wheat udon noodles and rice vermicelli noodles in a rich pork bone broth is armed and ready to curse the weather away. Topped with ground pork, slices of fish cake and fried shallots, the pièce de résistance is a fried shrimp chip. Open on Christmas and New Year’s Day.

La Maison Foo Lam on L’acadie is the place you want to go for fresh seafood. This spot features live tanks of sea creatures that you can name before you watch the chef catch them and throw them in a screaming hot wok.

Two must-orders are the ginger and scallion fried lobster and salt and spicy pepper fried shrimp. The smokey kiss of the wok is distinct in every piece of crustacean on either dish. The savory lobster that’s spiced with ginger and aromatic with green onion and the spicy shrimp is fried to a crusty perfection – the shell is edible for the adventurous. Either dish are ones that deserve to be washed down with an icy bottle of Tsingtao. Open Christmas and New Year’s Day.

If dumplings is what you’re after, Qing Hua Dumplings has you covered. Offering awesome little bundles of soup dumplings of a variety of fillings made fresh to order, Qing Hua has two locations to help you get your fix. The lamb and coriander dumplings are a personal favourite; fill your bowl partway with vinegar and place the dumpling in and let it cool. Resist the urge to bite into it right away, as the dumpling will challenge you by squirting its contents all over you. Nibble a little hole and suck the soup out, and let nature lead you the rest of the way. Open New Year’s Day at both locations.

]]>http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/where-to-eat-chinese-food-in-montreal-on-christmas-and-new-years-day/feed/05 of Montreal’s best asian noodle disheshttp://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/5-of-montreals-best-asian-noodle-dishes/
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/5-of-montreals-best-asian-noodle-dishes/#respondTue, 25 Feb 2014 14:30:32 +0000http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/?p=63923During the winter months in Montreal, like most warm-blooded creatures, I seek warmth. While some search out the heat of a roaring fire or comfort of a loved one, I’m usually in search of warmth in the form of steaming hot bowls of soup noodles or the crispy fried variety… The sight of chefs gingerly twirling long strands of dough then slapping them into submission against cold stainless steel tables to form freshly made noodles is common the moment your step foot into Nudo (1055 St-Laurent). Nudo has different noodle bowls each with a variety of toppings and preparations, but all with the same made-to-order noodles. The most traditional is the beef soup that’s garnished with blanched vegetables and spicy pickles – chicken, pork or vegetarian bowls available. While in Chinatown, a popular spot for noodles is Beijing (92 Rue de la Gauchetière West). Revered by locals and visitors alike, Beijing’s traditional Cantonese chow mein satisfies all noodle cravings. This fried noodle dish is topped with an assortment of ingredients – shrimp, squid, shitake mushrooms, bok choy, barbecue pork – accompanied with an oyster sauce based gravy. A staple on most Chinese restaurant menus, Beijing’s chow mein has the added... / Read More →

During the winter months in Montreal, like most warm-blooded creatures, I seek warmth. While some search out the heat of a roaring fire or comfort of a loved one, I’m usually in search of warmth in the form of steaming hot bowls of soup noodles or the crispy fried variety…

The sight of chefs gingerly twirling long strands of dough then slapping them into submission against cold stainless steel tables to form freshly made noodles is common the moment your step foot into Nudo (1055 St-Laurent). Nudo has different noodle bowls each with a variety of toppings and preparations, but all with the same made-to-order noodles. The most traditional is the beef soup that’s garnished with blanched vegetables and spicy pickles – chicken, pork or vegetarian bowls available.
While in Chinatown, a popular spot for noodles is Beijing (92 Rue de la Gauchetière West). Revered by locals and visitors alike, Beijing’s traditional Cantonese chow mein satisfies all noodle cravings. This fried noodle dish is topped with an assortment of ingredients – shrimp, squid, shitake mushrooms, bok choy, barbecue pork – accompanied with an oyster sauce based gravy. A staple on most Chinese restaurant menus, Beijing’s chow mein has the added value of being available until 3AM daily.
If ramen is what you’re looking for, check out Imadake Izakaya (4006 Rue Sainte-Catherine West) in downtown Montreal. Not your typical packaged instant-ramen, this Japanese style pub offers homemade ramen noodles served in their signature 6-hour broths. The “imadake” ramen is their take on the traditional “chashu” or “yakibuta” noodle bowl which is a pan pork loin served with spinach, narutomaki, bamboo shoots and a soft boiled egg in a choice of a soy or miso based broth.
After starting off as a seasonal lunch stall at the Atwater Market, the Satay Brothers soon heeded the outpouring of demand and opened up a winter location at 3911 Saint-Jacques West. Serving traditional south-east Asian specialties, the brothers brought their mom’s street food recipes to Montreal, including homemade curries and sambal sauces. Check out their laksa lamak, a coconut curry based noodle dish topped with bean sprouts, fish cakes, shrimps and hard-boiled quail egg.
One of my recent favourite discoveries is this tiny basement spot off the beaten path, located uptown in the Cote des Neiges neighbourhood. Sen Vang (5690 Victoria) is a family-run Vietnamese restaurant serving one of my go-to winter day dishes: Bun Bo Hue. This dish, named after a city in central Vietnam, is a noodle soup that is rich in robust beefy flavours and aromatic lemongrass. A dish that’s usually reserved for weekends at most other Vietnamese restaurants – due to the labor-intensive preparation – Sen Vang serves their bun bo hue daily, but you have to ask for it by name- consider yourself in the know!